Re: Firefox 3.5
IE is the slowest browser, followed by Firefox, then Opera, Safari and Chrome are all three very close together. When people try other browsers after using IE they always say that IE is faster and they are right, but wrong at the same time. Yes IE is loading your sites faster than the browser you just installed, but that is because of the cache and temporary internet files. The new browser you just installed has no cache loaded and has to collect everything as brand new for every site you visit. Therefore it appears to IE users that other browsers are slower when in fact they aren't at all. If you were to clear everything off of IE, the cache, the history, the cookies, the temp files, and then load a site you frequently visit it will take much longer than usual to load. Do a side-by-side comparison with the other browsers and IE will come in last. Occasionally IE can be faster on some sites than Firefox, but overall it is always bench-marked in last place. That's not my opinion either, IE is consistently the slowest browser and has been for years. Firefox is not as much of a speed boost as Opera, Safari, and Chrome would give you, but it is still somewhat faster. If people like IE the best and want to use it then that's fine. However it IS the slowest, least secure, and least web standard conforming browser available. Again those are not my opinions, but proven facts. I have nothing against MS, but as a web developer IE makes me cry myself to sleep some nights. j/k:wink:
IE is the slowest browser, followed by Firefox, then Opera, Safari and Chrome are all three very close together. When people try other browsers after using IE they always say that IE is faster and they are right, but wrong at the same time. Yes IE is loading your sites faster than the browser you just installed, but that is because of the cache and temporary internet files. The new browser you just installed has no cache loaded and has to collect everything as brand new for every site you visit. Therefore it appears to IE users that other browsers are slower when in fact they aren't at all. If you were to clear everything off of IE, the cache, the history, the cookies, the temp files, and then load a site you frequently visit it will take much longer than usual to load. Do a side-by-side comparison with the other browsers and IE will come in last. Occasionally IE can be faster on some sites than Firefox, but overall it is always bench-marked in last place. That's not my opinion either, IE is consistently the slowest browser and has been for years. Firefox is not as much of a speed boost as Opera, Safari, and Chrome would give you, but it is still somewhat faster. If people like IE the best and want to use it then that's fine. However it IS the slowest, least secure, and least web standard conforming browser available. Again those are not my opinions, but proven facts. I have nothing against MS, but as a web developer IE makes me cry myself to sleep some nights. j/k:wink:
Comment